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In Order to raise a trust, the property to be affected by it must be either expressly designated or so defined that it is capable of being ascertained. Otherwise the trust is void for uncertainty. A trust of the residue of a fund after a gift thereout of an undefined amount tor an object which for any cause fails will be an effectual trust of the whole fund.
15. Then para. 165: "A trust may be declared of a fund contingently on the fund subsequently coming into existence." Reference is made to Woods v. Woods (1836) 1 My. and Cr. 401, Again in In re Turcan (1889) 40 Ch. D.5: